Leon Vandaele
![]() Vandaele before 1959 Gent–Wevelgem, which he won  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Vandaele | 
| Born | 24 February 1933 Ruddervoorde, Belgium  | 
| Died | 30 April 2000 (aged 67) Oostkamp, Belgium  | 
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road, track | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Leon Vandaele (24 February 1933 in Ruddervoorde – 30 April 2000 in Oostkamp) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris–Roubaix.[1]
Major results
Road
- 1952
 - 1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix
 - 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse
 - 1953
 - 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse
 - 1st Omloop Gemeente Melle
 - 1954
 - 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 5th Gent–Wevelgem
 - 1956
 - 1st 
 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - 1st Omloop van het Houtland
 - 3rd Tour of Flanders
 - 1957
 - 1st 
 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - 1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen
- 1st stage 1
 
 - 1st Paris–Brussels
 - 1st Brussels–Ingooigem
 - 1st Milano–Mantova
 - 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse
 - 1st Grote Prijs Raf Jonckheere
 - 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 3rd Paris–Roubaix
 - 3rd Omloop Het Volk
 - 7th Road race, UCI World Championships
 - 1958
 - 1st Paris–Roubaix
 - 1st 
 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - 1st Grand Prix Flandria
 - 1st Omloop van de Fruitstreek
 - 1st Vlaamse Pijl
 - 2nd Brussels–Ingooigem
 - 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st stage 3 (TTT), 6 & 7
 
 - 10th Milan–San Remo
 - 1959
 - 1st Gent–Wevelgem
 - 1st Omloop van het Houtland
 - 1st stage 1 Tour of Luxembourg
 - 1st stage 3 Paris–Nice
 - 2nd Elfstedenronde
 - 3rd Milan–San Remo
 - 5th Omloop Het Volk
 - 8th Paris–Roubaix
 - 1960
 - 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt
 - 1st Omloop van het Houtland
 - 1st De Panne
 - 6th Gent–Wevelgem
 - 1961
 - 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 1st stage 2 Tour of Luxembourg
 - 1st Nokere Koerse
 - 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
 - 1962
 - 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
 - 1963
 - 1st Ronde Oost-Vlaanderen
 - 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 3rd Elfstedenronde
 - 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman
 - 1964
 - 1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs
 - 1st Elfstedenronde
 - 1st Omloop der drie Provinciën
 - 2nd Nokere Koerse
 - 2nd National Road Championships – Interclubs road race
 
Track
- 1955
 - Belgian National Track Championships
- 2nd Omnium
 - 2nd Madison (with Josef De Beuckelaer)
 
 - 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Emiel Severeyns and Paul De Paepe)
 - 1956
 - 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Lucien Acou and Arsène Ryckaert)
 - 1957
 - 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Willy Vannitsen and Alfred De Bruyne)
 
References
- ^ "56th Paris – Roubaix, 1958". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
 - ^ "Palmarès de Léon Van Daele (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
 - ^ "Leon van Daele". FirstCycling.com. 28 November 2023.
 
External links
- Leon Vandaele at Cycling Archives (archive)
 
